NATIONAL BENEFIT SHARING TRUST BOARD
JOB DESCRIPTION
JOB TITLE: Project Officer
POSITION STATUS: Full-time
DIRECT REPORT: National Benefit Sharing Trust Board Leadership
Back Ground

The National Benefit Sharing Trust (NBST) Board is a product of the National Forest Reform Law
of 2006 (Section 14.2e & f; 19.1 a & d) and is authorized to represent the interest of rural forestbased people/communities affected by logging in terms of managing and ensuring they receive
their 30% share of land rental fees from Logging Companies operating in their areas. The NBST
Board has been in operations since 2015. Serving on behalf of logging affected communities it has
secured over two and a half million United States Dollars from the government of Liberia through
the Forestry Development Authority (FDA).
The Board through the Food and Agriculture Organization has received a grant with funding
provided by the European Union for a one year project. The overall objective of this project is to
build the capacities of the NBST Board to effectively carry out their project management and
monitoring oversight functions.

Position Objective:
The project officer will work under the direction of the Board leadership and provide technical
assistance to ensure that the Board project goals and objectives are achieved. The officer will assist
with planning, coordination, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of the project.
Key Responsibilities and Duities:
1. Works closely with Board Leadership in defining project scope and in the development of
work breakdown structure to facilitate decision-making for the project start-up.
2. Assists with project implementation plan and other key documents to support the project.
3. Assists with the creation of annual work plan and schedule for the project and its
components for the approval of the project manager
4. Assists with the development of the overall budget for the project as well as for project
components and conducts budget reviews and analysis in conjunction with the project
accountant,
5. Assists with implementation of finance and account, records management, communication,
feedback, monitoring and evaluation frameworks are effectively established to facilitate
project start-up and to support the project completion under the direction of the Project
Manager,
6. Interface with project contractors, keep tracks of their deliverables, and keeps the Board
leadership up-to-date.
7. Prepared regular quarterly reports to assist the Board leadership to track the progress of
project components to ensure schedule and deadlines are being met,
8. Assist with communication and outreach to project stakeholder
9. Identify project issues and possible solutions, and bring them to the attention of the Board
leadership for action,
10. Develop project narrative reports and other deliverables to donors in a timely manner
11. Perform any other related tasks
Required Knowledge, skills, and abilities:
1. Good Communication (oral and written) and presentation skills
2. Excellent people skills
3. Strong organizational skills and keen to details
4. Ability to work under tight deadlines
5. Proficient in the use of Microsoft Office Suite (Word, excel, Access etc).
Qualifications
1. An undergraduate degree in Public Administration, Management, Sociology or other
related field.
2. At lease three (3) years’ experience providing management support to medium to large
scale projects,
Address application to: Vetting Committee

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